Zigbee and Z-Wave technology-based wireless gateway

Abstract

The invention relates to a Zigbee and Z-Wave technology-based wireless gateway, which comprises a Zigbee antenna, a Zigbee communication module, a protocol conversion module, a Z-Wave communication module and a Z-Wave antenna, which are mutually connected in sequence, wherein the protocol conversion module is used for protocol conversion between a Zigbee communication network protocol and a Z-Wave communication network protocol, the Zigbee communication module and the Zigbee antenna are used for receiving and sending Zigbee wireless signals, and the Z-Wave antenna and the Z-Wave communication module are used for receiving and sending Z-Wave wireless signals. According to the Zigbee and Z-Wave technology-based wireless gateway disclosed by the invention, the problem of relative fluent interconnection and interworking between a Z-Wave wireless communication network and a Zigbee wireless network is solved; a system adopting the gateway is enabled to have a wider signal covering range without laying too many communication nodes through the Z-Wave and Zigbee technology; the wireless gateway has the advantages of simple structure, lower cost, less energy consumption, higher efficiency and the like.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to the field of wireless communication, more specifically, to a wireless gateway based on Zigbee and Z-Wave technology. Background technique [0002] Z-Wave is an emerging short-range wireless communication technology based on radio frequency, low cost, low power consumption, high reliability, and suitable for networks. The working frequency band is 908.42MHz (USA) ~ 868.42MHz (Europe), using frequency shift keying FSK (BFSK / GFSK) modulation mode, the data transmission rate is 9.6kbps, the effective coverage of the signal is 30m indoors, and more than 100m outdoors , suitable for narrow bandwidth applications. With the increase of communication distance, the complexity, power consumption and system cost of equipment are all increasing. Compared with various existing wireless communication technologies, Z-Wave technology will be the technology with the lowest power consumption and lowest cost, which will effectively Drivi...

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Problems solved by technology

When two or more networks with different protocols are in the process of signal transmission and data access, the gateway needs to perform protocol conversion to achieve communication. At present, in the field of smart home applications, Zigbee wireless communication and Z-Wave wireless communication are The two most commonly used communication methods, but there is no gateway for Zigbee wireless communication and Z-Wave wireless communication to realize the protocol conversion between the two

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